Originally part of Kievan Rus, Belarus was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until the Polish Partitions in the 18th century. Read More »
Women’s soccer teams of Iran and Belarus
Sports
Watching Ladies football from High Atop The Bridge
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word football is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears. Read More »
Luxury ski resort in North Korea
North Korea’s Masikryong ski resort was the brainchild of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, and is designed to rival Pyeongchang in South Korea, which will host the winter Olympics next year.But the luxurious resort, which boasts a wood-panelled reception and statues of winter sports athletes, is empty, aside from the nursery slopes. Read More »
Footballers who have been successful models
David Beckham Perhaps the most well-known soccer star to bare it all, the Becks got his start with Armani back in 2007. Between his steamy Calvin Klein campaigns and his current bodywear line for H&M, he’s rightfully become one of the top underwear models of all time. Read More »
Watching Iran-Japan football matches at the city
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word football is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears. Read More »
AFC Asian Cup 2019
The 2019 AFC Asian Cup is the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men’s football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Read More »
Beautiful pictures of a soccer mom
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word football is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears. Read More »
Polo in Isfahan
Isfahan day was celebrated this last week. As one of the events to celebrate this day, a Polo tournament was played at the historic site “naghshe jahan square”. The current game in its modern form originated in Manipur, a northeastern state in India, and was propagated by officers of the British military in the mid 19th century. Read More »
New sport among Iraqi women
The toughest fight that Iraqi freestyle wrestler Alia Hussein ever faced was convincing her family that women should be allowed to grapple. The 26-year-old student was a keen cyclist and basketball player but when she told her family last year that she wanted to try her hand at the physical world of wrestling she was met with abuse. Read More »
Ladies Rugby
Rugby football refers to the team sports rugby league and/or rugby union. Rugby union originated at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire. Read More »